You've taken masses of photos with your digital camera and they are stashed away on your hard drive of your Mac where nobody can see them. Does this sound familiar? Do your photos need organising and editing but you don't know where to begin? This article aims to provide some recommendations to help you get started in digital photo editing with Adobe Photoshop Elements Mac Version 4.0.
To start with you need digital photo editing software. I personally recommend Adobe Photoshop Elements Mac Version 4.0. Version 4.0 is compatible with G-series as well as the new Intel Macs. Photoshop Elements is an offshoot of the market-leading professional Adobe Photoshop software. Photoshop Elements is geared for the home digital photo enthusiast and performs basic photo editing tasks quickly; the nice thing is that there are many sophisticated Photoshop features available to you at the click of a mouse.
The interface of Elements is easy to use and includes a great feature for the digital photo editing beginner which is the use of descriptive icons, where you move your mouse over an icon and it shows a description of what it does. Organizing your photos is also easy to do since Elements easily allows you manage, sort, delete and view your photo collection in many different ways including face tagging and keyword tagging. It also displays an extensive list of properties for each of your photos so you should be able to use the excuse that you have misplaced a photo on your hard drive again. Also, since there is a partnership between Adobe and Kodak you now have the opportunity to share your photos with family and friends online; you can also print greetings cards, custom calendars or photo books. A hint: before you remove the install disk you want to make sure you move the Goodies folder to your hard drive as it has a variety of frames, backgrounds and extras to play around with and add to your images.
Quick Fix allows you to execute basic editing functions which can correct the most common digital photo flaws. With a few clicks of the mouse smart fix and auto red-eye removal easily gives you a photo that is ready to print. Some more handy functions include the skin tone adjustment tool, which makes skin tones appear more natural and the straighten tool which allows you to straighten and crop crooked photos. A couple of the more advanced features include the magic selection brush and magic extractor tool. Using the magic selection brush you can scribble on an object and, providing there is enough contrast between it and the background, Elements will select it for you. The magic extractor is an even better tool; it is easy to use and allows you to separate objects from the background of an image in seconds with great accurately.
Hopefully you now understand that if you want to edit your photos with no trouble with and a minimum of fuss, and get them off your hard drive for people to see, Adobe Photoshop Elements Mac Version 4.0 offers all the functionality you'll ever need and is excellent value for money. - 15437
To start with you need digital photo editing software. I personally recommend Adobe Photoshop Elements Mac Version 4.0. Version 4.0 is compatible with G-series as well as the new Intel Macs. Photoshop Elements is an offshoot of the market-leading professional Adobe Photoshop software. Photoshop Elements is geared for the home digital photo enthusiast and performs basic photo editing tasks quickly; the nice thing is that there are many sophisticated Photoshop features available to you at the click of a mouse.
The interface of Elements is easy to use and includes a great feature for the digital photo editing beginner which is the use of descriptive icons, where you move your mouse over an icon and it shows a description of what it does. Organizing your photos is also easy to do since Elements easily allows you manage, sort, delete and view your photo collection in many different ways including face tagging and keyword tagging. It also displays an extensive list of properties for each of your photos so you should be able to use the excuse that you have misplaced a photo on your hard drive again. Also, since there is a partnership between Adobe and Kodak you now have the opportunity to share your photos with family and friends online; you can also print greetings cards, custom calendars or photo books. A hint: before you remove the install disk you want to make sure you move the Goodies folder to your hard drive as it has a variety of frames, backgrounds and extras to play around with and add to your images.
Quick Fix allows you to execute basic editing functions which can correct the most common digital photo flaws. With a few clicks of the mouse smart fix and auto red-eye removal easily gives you a photo that is ready to print. Some more handy functions include the skin tone adjustment tool, which makes skin tones appear more natural and the straighten tool which allows you to straighten and crop crooked photos. A couple of the more advanced features include the magic selection brush and magic extractor tool. Using the magic selection brush you can scribble on an object and, providing there is enough contrast between it and the background, Elements will select it for you. The magic extractor is an even better tool; it is easy to use and allows you to separate objects from the background of an image in seconds with great accurately.
Hopefully you now understand that if you want to edit your photos with no trouble with and a minimum of fuss, and get them off your hard drive for people to see, Adobe Photoshop Elements Mac Version 4.0 offers all the functionality you'll ever need and is excellent value for money. - 15437
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